So I had the chance to go to Korea this past July and I managed to pick one of these babies up with Cherry MX Reds. I opted for the grey colored keyboards as I didn't want black and the white seemed to get dirty. Typing on it, I gotta say, (coming from blues especially) I have definitely found my favorite switch. It'll be hard to go back to blues. Typing is so much more smooth, far less fatiguing (not that blues were that fatiguing though to begin with), and the media keys are a definite luxury to have.

I opted to get the PBT caps with the korean text as well, because, hell, why not? The key caps feel nice and definitely have a good texture to them in comparison to the lame ABS ones on the CM Storm. In regards to the Cherry vs. Costar stabilizers, I'm really not sure what to say, since the only reason I liked the costar stabilizers was because I thought they had a nice clicky feedback, whereas now, I'm thinking that it was just the blue switch that caused it. To be honest, they seem the same to be, and the Cherry stabilizers do make it a lot easier to remove the space bar, shift key, etc.

In terms of the weight and build quality, it certainly feels nice and heavy, and absolutely solid. I also love the rubber feet (since the CM Storm I had didn't have them) and they do definitely help in terms of keeping the keyboard in place.

Typing wise, the experience is definitely like what the pseudonym for reds describes. I'm probably around ~90-100 WPM on average and getting better as I use it more and more.

If EK gets these any time soon, I wouldn't mind recommending it to any potential buyers. Although of course, since the Filcos with Reds have already come out, I don't see why you would wanna wait for this keyboard either. But heck. A good keyboard's a good keyboard.

I was hoping that elitekeyboards would be carrying them soon but I don't know if he is and he still has a lot of stock left of the FC200's. Maybe we can hope they might be over here sometime before Christmas.

yep, they are extremely impressive little boards. imo the design is _more_ solid than filco's current designs, and they managed a detachable cable while still maintaining the robustness of an attached cable. the stock caps are also far superior to filco's. the only flaw is the odd spacebar stem spacing. but, honestly, that's perfectly fixable, a few molds just need to be made and we'll be able to get full compatibility with all our usual aftermarket keycap sources.

I'm really digging mine. I got lucky and was able to score one here in the classifieds. I like the squared-off edges much more than the rounded FC200, and the grey color is subtly more interesting than black without being flashy.

Typing with the cover on works fine, but I only do it occasionally when I want to damp the racket of the cherry blues late at night! It makes the blues a LOT quieter.

My only complaint is that, at least on my board, "CapsLock" is one word and "Back space" is two, which just looks odd to me! Not really a big deal, though.

All I can say is that it looks amazing. I do hope that EK does get them in the future. Because I would totally love to get a red or brown switch to replace my blue switch Leopold tenkeyless (Thinking about selling it soon).

I just picked one up myself and I am really enjoying it. The slightly lower key profile really helps my typing and makes extended gaming sessions a lot easier. The key press is so silky (I got the reds as well)!

How much did you pay for this in Korea in won and where? I would have no clue where to start looking for keyboards in Korea. Yongsan (electronics central)? That's the only place that comes to mind for me... I want to know how much money to take when I go to Korea next

snarlingchicken, after using it for several months, do you see any "problems" with this? EK said they won't be carrying these new Leopolds because there were some kind of problems with the keyboard and said he only wanted to provide the best for customers.